Joseph Kent, 21, became the subject of widespread concern on social media. The Morgan State University student was located today by Guardian reporters: he was "in a large bullpen with other inmates on the second floor of Baltimore central booking.
" Kent asked his attorney Patrick Beatty to let everyone know he was okay, and to relay the message that the protests should remain peaceful. From the Guardian's exclusive: According to Beatty, the 21-year-old was imploring others to remain peaceful and return home when he was “snatched” off the street.

"Baltimore activist 'kidnapped' on live TV is in jail despite having hands up 'the whole time'" [theguardian.com]
He shows how the news talks about black people by talking about white people instead.
Warning The Following Is a Satirization of recent news analysis.

All In with Chris Hayes. Chris Hayes:Those shocking images are from Huntington Beach, California where at the conclusion of the U.S. Open of Surfing on Sunday, a white mob began rioting. The angry crowd vandalized property, broke the windows of businesses, looted some stores, and brawled with each other on the streets of downtown Huntington Beach. You probably haven't heard much about the white riot in Huntington Beach and that's because the story of white criminal culture is not a story the mainstream media will tell you but once you scratch the surface these stories are everywhere you look. Take billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen, for instance. And what about J.P. The sad truth is that the white power structure in this country has no clue, no clue how to solve the problems within the white community. Conversation is sorely lacking in appeal from the moderate white community.

Chris Hayes: I've seen it myself.
Baltimore&apos;s real, untelevised revolution. "The revolution will not be televised.

" — Gil Scott Heron For hours on Saturday, I marched with City Bloc, a student activist organization, and alongside hundreds of other justice-seeking Baltimoreans in an attempt to bring justice, not revenge, to Baltimore in the aftermath of Freddie Gray's death while in the custody of Baltimore City police. During the endless hours of nonviolent protesting in which I participated, I felt proud to fight against the deplorable powers that be — I felt that my voice had been empowered as a youth in Baltimore City speaking out against injustice. As I began my job babysitting that Saturday night, after a long day of marching and chanting, my phone began buzzing, notifying me of the violence that had erupted in downtown Baltimore. At that moment, powerlessness overcame me. I was crushed not because the violence lasted longer than the peace, but because the revolution Baltimore worked hard to create was not televised for what it truly was or is.

Eyewitnesses: The Baltimore Riots Didn't Start the Way You Think. Patrick Semansky/AP After Baltimore police and a crowd of teens clashed near the Mondawmin Mall in northwest Baltimore on Monday afternoon, news reports described the violence as a riot triggered by kids who had been itching for a fight all day.

But in interviews with Mother Jones and other media outlets, teachers and parents maintain that police actions inflamed a tense-but-stable situation. The funeral of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died in police custody this month, had ended hours earlier at a nearby church. According to the Baltimore Sun, a call to "purge"—a reference to the 2013 dystopian film in which all crime is made legal for one night—circulated on social media among school-aged Baltimoreans that morning. The rumored plan—which was not traced to any specific person or group—was to assemble at the Mondawmin Mall at 3 p.m. and proceed down Pennsylvania Avenue toward downtown Baltimore.